There will be a fantastic
planetary showing this weekend! Right after sunset just walk
outside and look just above where the sun set down. You'll
get a great view of Venus and Mercury. You can read the
entire article from NASA Science news below. If you like cool
science stuff go ahead and subscribe while you are there.**********
From Nasa Science News:

March 31, 2010: The solar system's innermost planets are about to put
on a beautiful show. This week, Mercury is emerging from the
glare of the sun and making a beeline for Venus. By week's end, the two
planets will be just 3o apart, an eye-catching pair in the deep-blue
twilight of sunset.
The best nights to look are April 3rd and 4th. Go outside at the end of
the day and face west. Venus pops out of the twilight first, so bright
it actually shines through thin clouds. Mercury follows, just below and
to the right: sky
map.

Venus is an old friend to most sky watchers; Mercury, less so. The
first planet from the sun spends most of its time wrapped in painful
sunlight. Seeing it so easily, and in the beautiful company of Venus no
less, is a rare treat indeed. The next apparition this good won't come
until Nov. 2011.

I love this stuff... I can just imagine Abram looking at a star filled sky with NO light wash whatsoever... it must have been spectacular and to put myself in his shoes trying to imagine that many sons and daughters coming... thanks for sharing. I grew up next to a Professor of Astronomy. He told us for years how lucky we were to live to see Halley's Comet and how great it will be... he didn't make it to see it... but then neither did the comet in our hemisphere. At least not like he built it up to be. He did give us kids in the neighborhood a real interest in the night skies. I can't wait to go sit on our sundown swing to watch the show! Thanks again.